As we head into May Paolo has written up the current state of #rust in the #qemu code base: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2025-05/msg00455.html

It looks like things are coming together although we are not quite at the point we can throw the switch to make it mandatory. We haven't had much feedback from the #distros yet on how easy a rust-ified QEMU will be to package.

#Linux Weekly Roundup for April 27th, 2025: #OpenMandriva Lx 6.0, #QEMU 10.0, #COSMIC alpha 7, #CachyOS adds OCCT stress testing tool, #GStreamer 1.26.1, #Mixxx 2.5.1, #Fedora Linux 43 could drop #GNOME X11 session from repos, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-april-27th-2025

OpenBSD 7.7 released with AMD SEV support in QEMU, SMP improvements, updated DRM based on Linux Kernel 6.12.21, kernel support for Ryzen AI 300, Radeon RX 9070 and Intel ArrowLake, new Intel E810 ethernet devices driver, support for MA devices, installer and bootloader improvements

https://www.openbsd.org/77.html

#QEMU 10.0 is out:

https://www.qemu.org/2025/04/23/qemu-10-0-0/

https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg1109546.html

Highlights include:

* block: virtio-scsi multiqueue support for using different I/O threads to process requests for each queue

* VFIO: improved support for IGD passthrough on all Intel Gen 11/12 devices

* Documentation: significant improvement/overhaul of documentation for QEMU Machine Protocol to make it clearer and more organized

* x86: faster emulation of string instructions

For details, see: https://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/10.0

#QEMU 10.0 Open-Source Virtualization Software Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New https://9to5linux.com/qemu-10-0-open-source-virtualization-software-released-heres-whats-new

10 : Panasonic CF-S10 (old laptop)
14 : MNT reform i.Mx8MQ
131 : MNT reform LS1028A (debian + qemu)

#9front
#plan9
#drawterm
#mntreform
#debian
#qemu

Holy crap y'all, Quickemu is amazing! I got Windows 10, (English United States cause English International only allowed me to choose English UK for some reason), installed it with Narrator, downloaded and installed NVDA, and it barely feels like I'm running a VM at all. I kinda wonder if it'd work well at all on the BTSpeak. I could imagine it passing through Braille access on a future BTBraille.

Anyway, two commands I've figured out so far, Control + Alt + G gives control back to Linux, and Control + Alt + F puts the VM in fullscreen.

https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu

In the wee small hours i decided to give #GnomeBoxes another chance as a possible alternative. Chose to install via #flatpak, coz my Host is #ArchLinux #KDEPlasma & i did not wish to risk possible gnome vs plasma file conflicts.

It did a fine job of installing an #ArchLinux VM [which i completed using the latest #ArchInstall v3.0.3], so then in an act of gross stupidity i ridiculously chose to see if it could handle a win10 VM via a 3-yr old ISO i have lying around. As i abandoned windoze "for real" in 2014, i had forgotten the many hours of time-wasting bullshit involved, at the end of which instead of getting something decent, you just get... windoze, ugh.

Anyway, so far it seems that GnomeBoxes is going ok, which makes a nice change as all prior tests of older versions failed to work properly. Doubt though atm that it'll persuade me to give up on #qemu / #kvm / #libvirt / #VirtManager. GB has no facility to Suspend VMs, so they need to be fully shutdown, which is a drag. Also, the FP version does not support USB transfer, which is a bugger, & so far i've not made #SharedFolders work [but think i know why].

Emulating iPhone on QEMU - [Georges Gagnerot] has been trying to emulate iOS and run iPhone software in a vir... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/06/emulating-iphone-on-qemu/ #iphonehacks #iphone #qemu #ios

Exploring UTM and Linux on Apple Silicon – The Future is Open https://donwatkins.info/2025/04/03/exploring-utm-and-linux-on-apple-silicon/ #QEMU #UTM #Virtualization #AppleSilicon #M3 #Technology

Switched from #lookingglass 2:B6-10 to 2:B7-1 and it was nice that you didn't have to click on the window to get control of the host mouse, you got full control of the mouse pointer as soon as you mouse went over to the looking-glass window.

Just wish the RTX2060 would be more stable in the guest OS, sometimes it just crash while using heavy graphics programs like PhotoShop (yeah, I do know #Gimp but not all people want to use it and those this VM).

Schwarm zuhülf!

Mein debian (12) will keine VMs starten.
Habe mir (mit Cockpit) einen Storagepool im Standardpfad (/var/lib/libvirt/images) eingerichtet & da ein qcow2 abgelegt. Versuche ich jetzt eine VM mit dem Image zu starten, verweigert AppArmor den Zugriff auf das Image.
Jemensch hier eine Idee für einen (möglichst frickelarmen/korrekten) Lösungsansatz?
Da unten gibt’s nochn paar Details.
#linux #kvm #debian #libvirt #qemu

How Do I Properly Install KVM on Linux

https://sysguides.com/install-kvm-on-linux

The Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a Linux hypervisor that supports full virtualization. When you install KVM on Linux, your Linux distribution is transformed into a Type-1 hypervisor, allowing you to run virtual machines at near-host machine speeds.

A Type-1 hypervisor, also known as a bare-metal hypervisor, interacts with the underlying machine hardware directly rather than through an operating system.

In this article, I'll show you how to properly install KVM on Linux distributions such as Fedora, Rocky, Ubuntu, Debian, and Arch Linux.

Table of Contents

1. Overview of Key KVM Components 1.1. KVM Kernel Modules 1.2. QEMU 1.3. Libvirt
2. Check Virtualization Support
3. Install KVM on Linux Distributions
4. Install VirtIO Drivers for Windows Guests
5. Enable the Modular libvirt Daemon
6. Validate Host Virtualization Setup
7. Optimize the Host with TuneD
8. Configure a Network Bridge
9. Give the User System-Wide Permission
10. Set ACL on the Images Directory
11. Conclusion
12. Watch on YouTube

Qemu can emulate architectures like ARM64, RISC-V, sparc, x86 and more.
Which of these has the best performance?

Finally found the time to do a comparison: https://blog.fluxcoil.net/posts/2025/02/emulation-performance-and-consumption/
#emulation #qemu #netbsd

Spun a RedoxOS VM today to poke it. Looks cool but some stuff was straight up broken, might faff about with the VM settings to see if I can get it in better shape.

While I'm navigating the disrupted train system it's hard to do any coding but I can read the #qemu mailing list. Alongside arguments about 32 bit hosts Paolo also has an update on the state of #rust in the project: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/17ad81c3-98fc-44c2-8f65-f5e2cc07030b@gnu.org/T/#u

Here comes our semi-regular attempt to deprecate 32 bit hosts in #qemu. I would like to know if there are truly people that still run #tcg emulation on #32bit hosts and need that facility maintained in future versions of QEMU: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20250128004254.33442-1-richard.henderson@linaro.org/

The poll:

Using AUXRunner I was able to run Apple's A/UX Unix from the early '90s! I wonder why they didn't develop it enough to replace MacOS, so they'd never have to purchase NeXT. Get the emulator and built-in disk image here: https://mendelson.org/auxrunner.html

So I have been wanting to learn more about how to use Microsoft Excel so I can teach other people about some of the more advanced programming techniques (EDIT: 1-on-1 lessons on their own computer with their own licensed copies of Excel). I want to teach myself more about Excel so I was going to install it on my own computer and do some advanced tutorials. But then I really do not want to burn up all of that disk space just to run Wine and Excel.

So I got to thinking:

1. is there an older version of Microsoft Excel I could use instead?
2. The “ribbon” UI/UX asside, how far back in time (in Excel software versions) would I have to go before the formula language and cell computation engine became too different from the most recent Excel that it would not be very useful for me as a learning/teaching tool?
3. Would it take less disk space to run this in a minimal Windows NT 2000 or Windows XP instance on QEMU than it would take on Wine?